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  • OTR Compressor – Inside

    Posted by Eric on February 11, 2018 at 1:45 pm

    Inside view of my failed OTR compressor. It has 6 cylinders – one reed valve per cylinder. 5 reed valves completely bad, 6th was badly cracked.

    Tim replied 8 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Tim

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    February 11, 2018 at 2:09 pm

    I had to have the compressor replaced and not rebuilt on my first coach because when the reed valves fail they tend to bounce around in the cylinder often scoring and damaging the cylinder walls.

    In a perfect world the A/C compressors would just wear out and be easily rebuilt is the only defect is cylinder wear, but unfortunately it is the failure of the valve material and the loose pieces chewing up surfaces that need to be smooth.

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